Fare-box-supporting stand.



W. COX.

FARE BOX SUPPORTING STAND. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. 1914.

Patented June 1, 1915.

WILLIAM COX, 0]? TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

FARE-BOX-SUPIPORTING STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1915.

Application filed June 1,1914. Serial No. 842,284.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM Cox, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York and Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fare Box Supporting Stands; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a supporting stand for holding a portable fare box and shaking it so that the fares deposited in the examining chamber will, during such shaking movement, be delivered to the fare magazine.

For an understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a broken elevation of the fare box supporting stand, showing the parts in their normal position; Fig. 2, is a similar view of the supporting stand, looking at it from the opposite side to that shown in Fig. 1, showing the parts in their operated position; Fig. 3, is an end elevation of the fare box receptacle; Fig. at, is a broken section on the line a-a, Fig. 8; and, Fig. 5, is a perspective View of the fare box receptacle.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts throughout the specification and drawlngs.

The fare box receptacle a is connected to the standard I), by a hinge 0, so that it can move between the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Projecting downwardly from the fare box receptacle 0!. is a lug d to which is pivoted the upper end of a bent connecting rod 6, movable through the guide 7, fixed to the standard 6 below the hinge 0. On the connecting rod 6, above the guide f, is a collar 9, and on the connecting rod between the collar 9 and the guide f is a spring h. Pivoted to the lower end of the connecting rod 6 is one end of a link 2', the opposite end of the link i being pivoted to the treadle j by which the connecting rod 6 is drawn downward to turn the fare box receptacle, with the fare box is, from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 2, the spring h when the pressure is removed from the treadle y restoring the connecting rod with the receptacle and fare box to the position shown in Fig. 1.

For the collection of the fares, the fare box is placed in the receptacle a so that the fares can be deposited therein; the fare box and receptacle during such deposit of the fares occupying the position shown in Fig. 1. When the fares have been deposited in the fare box the person in charge of the ap paratus, by pressing on the treadle, can rock the receptacle and fare box from the posi tion shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 2 and by repeating this pressing movement two or three times can impart a sufficient jarring movement to the fare box to cause the fares to move from the examining chamber into the fare magazine of the fare box. To prevent the endwise movement of the fare box diving such jarring movement, a packing member Z is placed within one side a of the receptacle and this packing member is provided with a bent part Z terminating in a downturned arm Z secured at its lower end to the outer face of the same side of the receptacle. Between the arm Z and the outer face of the side a of the receptacle, is a spring on which presses the arm Z" outwardly and normally holds the packing member Z in contact with the inner face of said side a. On the bent part Z is a curved buffer 0 engaged by a semi-circular plate 79 secured to the end of a hinged member 9. llhe member {1 is hinged at r to the side a" of the receptacle a and this member is provided with a strap 8 which passes through the handle t of the fare box and is secured to the receptacle by a hasp u, the purpose of the strap 8 and hasp a being to fasten the I fare box in the receptacle.

Projecting from the standard Z) is a finger b which extends partly across the outer face of the hinged member when the receptacle is in the position shown in Fig. 1, to prevent the hinged member then being opened for the removal of the fare box from the receptacle. When the receptacle is in the position shown in Fig. 2, the hinged member Q is clear of the finger b, and it can then be opened for the removal of the fare box, the purpose of this being to compel the user to move the fare box to the position shown in Fig. 2, so that the fares in the examining chamber will be delivered into the fare magazine, prior to the removal of the fare box from the receptacle.

When the fare box is in the receptacle it can be used as a stationary fare box and when removed therefrom it can be used as a portable fare box.

Having thus fully described the nature ber on the of my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a fare box supporting stand, the combination of a support, a fare box ireceptacle hinged thereto, a spring tensioned rod connected to the receptacle, a guide for the connecting rod, and a treadle connected to said rod.

2. In a fare box supporting stand, the combination of a support, a fare box receptacle hinged thereto, a spring tensioned rod connected to the receptacle, a guide for the connecting rod, a treadle, and a link connecting the treadle to the connecting rod.

3. In a fare box supporting stand, the combination of a support, a fare box receptacle, a spring tensioned packing meminner side of the fare box receptacle, a member hinged to the outer side of the fare box receptacle, and a plate car- Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the 7 Washington, D. C.

combination of a support, a fare box Ireceptacle, a spring tensioned packing member on the inner side of the fare box receptacle, a hinged member on the outer side of the fare box receptacle, a plate carried by said hinged member to press the packing member against the fare'box in the receptacle, and means carried by said hinged member to lock the fare box in the receptacle.

Toronto, May 20th, 1914.

' WILLIAM cox.

Witnesses: V

CHAS. H. RICHES, P011 MONTIGRY KENNEDY.

Commissioner of Patents, 

